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Wooden Political Game

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Wooden political party tic-tac-toe game made up of donkeys to represent the Democratic Party and elephants for the Republican Party. The pieces are painted brown and grey and all pieces are shown wearing blankets that resemble the American flag. The game board is also wooden and painted red. All pieces and the game board are housed in a compartmentalized box.

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Red, white, and blue wooden tic-tac-toe game where the pieces are donkeys and elephants to represent the two main political parties.

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Corinne Mayfield

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Tony Leone

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Wooden Game

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Welcome Sign for the Republican National Convention in New Orleans, August 15-18, 1988

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A welcome poster or the Republican National Convention in New Orleans, LA on August 15-18. 1988. The convention nominated Vice President George H. W. Bush for President. Bush was nominated without opposition during the roll call vote, but with rumblings of opposition to the Quayle nomination, it was decided to have it ratified by voice vote, something that the Republicans had never done before.

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Welcome Sign for the Republican National Convention in New Orleans, LA on August 15-18, 1988

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Tom Travis

Date

August 15-18. 1988

Contributor

Tony Leone

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Various Political Buttons

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These political buttons span a wide range of presidential elections, with the exception of Carol Moseley Braun for U.S. Senate. Candidates on the buttons come from a variety of political parties, Democrat, Republican, and Independent, as well as campaigns that won the presidency, lost the election, or failed to gain a nomination.

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"Nixon Now" was a campaign slogan from Richard Nixon's run for president in 1972. He had a campaign song with a similar chorus. This button includes a union stamp on the back.

The striped button is a replica of the Uptown People's Coalition buttons from the 1960s. This was a radical, multiracial movement in Chicago that conjoined several political movements within the city. It was acquired in 2012.

The last pin, in the shape of Oklahoma, is from Barack Obama's successful campaign for president in 2008.

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Buttons for Richard Nixon's campaign for president in 1972, Uptown People's Coalition in the 1960s, and Barack Obama's campaign for president in 2008.

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Kate Suits

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1960, 1972, 2008

Contributor

Devin Hunter

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Buttons

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Tony Leone Campaign Poster

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Poster of Republican Tony Leone for his 1977 campaign for Sangamon County County Clerk. He ran against incumbent Gary A. Tumulty who would win the election and go on to serve until 1986. Despite his loss, Leone would have a long career as Clerk to the Illinois House of Representatives as well as other roles in local politics.

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Campaign poster for Tony Leone during his 1977 bid for Sangamon County Clerk.

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Richard B. Ogilvie Campaign Poster

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Framed poster reading "Charisma Isn't Everything" for Governor of Illinois (Republican) Richard B. Ogilvie's re-election campaign in 1972. The black and white poster, held in a black frame, features the tag as well as a cartoon of the Governor with a pipe. Ogilvie, the 35th Governor of Illinois served from 1969 to 1973, leaving office when he was defeated by Democrat Dan Walker.

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Presidential Election Print

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A print featuring the names of Republican President George H. W. Bush and his running mate Dan Quayle in their 1992 campaign for re-election. Bush was the 41st President and was in office for one term, 1989 to 1993, losing his re-election to Democratic Governor of Arkansas, Bill Clinton. The red, white, and blue print is held by gray matting and a thin silver frame.

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George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle re-election print from the 1992 campaign.

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Corinne Mayfield

Date

1992

Contributor

Tony Leone

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Print

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English

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Poster for Local Software and Campaign Reporting Business

Description

Illinois Campaign Reporting Systems (ICRS) was a political consulting business founded by local politician Tony Leone. ICRS created computer software that made gathering constituent information and contributions easier for the Republican Party in Illinois. The business operated for fifteen years while Leone was a Clerk to the Illinois House of Representatives as well as a political consultant. After closing ICRS, Leone worked as a political lobbyist and after his retirement, opened the Pasfield House Inn, a local bed and breakfast.

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Political Poster for John Castle Running in Illinois Comptroller Election of 1978

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This is a political poster from the 1978 election for state comptroller. It belongs to John Castle who ran as Republican nominee that year and appears to be the incumbent. Castle lived in Dekalb, and he was chairman of the Sandwich State Bank. He also worked in the Governor Thompson Administration. Castle was also a graduate of Princeton. Not much is known about Castle's political career after 1978; a recent newspaper article indicates Castle maintained ownership of the DeKalb County Journal and backs the Republican Party there in local elections. Castle lost the 1978 election to Roland Burris, graduate of Southern Illinois University, who became the first black to work in a major elected office in the history of the state of Illinois. Castle's value to the History Harvest collection is to defining local politics. He is a strong business leader and organized political leader in the community, He has made DeKalb more recognizable while working in state government on state issues. Not much indication is provided to understand what the poster meant to David Farrell, its contributor. Similarly, sources indicate that Burris questioned Castle's ethics by constantly using his picture in TV adds to associate his race with being unfit to run for political office according to the Chicago Tribune.